Joerg Ortner
1940, Bad Kreuzen, Autriche † 2011, Vannes, France
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Joerg Ortner is a multidisciplinary arctic, most notably known for his painting and engraving, born March 15th in 1940 in Bad Kreuzen, in Austria, and passed away January 29th 2011 in Vannes.
In his engravings, he combines multiple techniques: eau-forte, burin, aquatint, mezzotint, dry point, seeking to reverse the values of black, white, and gray, resulting in remarkable negative prints.
His series “Tholos,” certainly the most known of his engraving work, is composed of 7 copper plates with entirely different themes, like short stories collected in the same anthology, creating a very special resonance. Each Tholos is subdivided into states, successive experiments around the same motif, sometimes positive, sometimes negative, into which he integrates new elements.